Family

I still occasionally feel like I'm still getting used to living in a family unit. Having brothers definitely takes some getting used to again! But this weekend is going to be a real challenge...we're having a sort of family reunion. At our house.

It was my maternal grandparents 50th wedding anniversary in August (I think) but because of school and other life commitments they didn't do anything with the rest of the family. But now it's half-term, EVERYONE has converged at our house. Usually there are 6 people living in the house: Mum, Dad, my paternal grandmother, 2 brothers and me. But in addition, this weekend we will have: Both maternal grandparents, my auntie and her son (my cousin), my uncle and his girlfriend and my other uncle. 13 people. Our house is big...but not that big! The reason everyone comes to us is because we're relatively central: my auntie lives way up north in Edinburgh and my grandparents live way down south in Cornwall.

It is, however, a minor miracle that everyone's managed to make it. One of my uncles is a sailor so he's almost always out of the country and even when he is here (here being Cornwall) it's usually only for a few days at a time. A pit stop if you will. And my other uncle we only usually see for a day or two around Christmas. The last time they saw each other was about 7 years ago and as far as I remember was more of a coincidence that they were both in Cornwall at the same time than any planning.

A friend of mum's is coming over to take a picture of everyone together to mark the occasion...we felt it was needed, so I'll try and post that up tomorrow :)